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According to Thiess of Kaltenbrun, he and several others would transform into #werewolves on 3 nights a year & travel to hell, where they fought with the Devil to rescue the grain his servants had stolen and ensure a good #harvest for the year. #FolkloreThursday @FolkloreThurs
Thesmophoria is the ancient festival of Demeter and Persephone, marking the return of Persephone to the Underworld, and held ag the end of the harvest. Celebrated exclusively by women, the festival was one of the few celebrated by all Greeks. #FolkloreThursday
🖼: F.D. Millett
Cicada Monkey - a mythical creature in Chinese folklore!🤪
#3dart #zbrush #digitalsculpture
"Mabon the son of Modron spurred his steed and snatched his razor from him" (Mabinogion)
The salmon of Llyn Llyw knows where Mabon is held & helps King Arthur & his men to free Modron's son who plays a crucial part in the quest for the hand of fair Olwen
#FolkloreThursday
#TheOwls #Folklore #witchcraft #Xianxia #webtoon #Русскомикс
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THE HARVEST MOON seen this week is rumoured to bring increased activity from #werewolves. Compelled to leave their hunting grounds in the woods, they will make their way to open fields to prowl & howl at the moon, surprising farmers out late harvesting ! #FolkloreThursday
Quarantamaula, una criatura terrorífica, mitad gallina mitad humana, protagonizaba auténticas pesadillas en el folklore valenciano.
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#FolkloreThursday Feldgeister are corn demons from German folklore. During harvest season, Feldgeister flee deeper into the fields to escape the mowers. Direct contact to the Feldgeist causes illness
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#art by Jannaphia and Igor Krstic
La Pierre de Gargantua in Neaufles-Auvergny (Eure) is known as the giant’s whetstone. After coming across exhausted harvesters he told them to rest, ran off to fetch his giant scythe, sharpened it on the menhir and then cut the entire field in a single sweep. #FolkloreThursday
In the orchards of England it is lore that at the end of each #harvest the last apple should be left on the tree for the Apple Tree Man. He is the spirit who lives in the oldest tree & bestows fertility on the orchard. #Mabon #AutumnEquinox #Autumn #Fall #FolkloreThursday Img: CB
/lt racuni aku dengan novel fairytale atau folklore favorit kalian dong. Yang untuk anak-anak juga gapapa. Terima kasih!
Dożynki is a Slavic harvest festival with rituals dating back to ancient times. The “last sheaf” was cut down and later used to create a decorative garland, wreath or oddly attractive chicken bonnet.
🎨Jan Nepomucen Lewicki (1795-1871)
wikipedia🍂
#FolkloreThursday🧡
The Curse of the Muertos Moon, is a curse that Jolly Roger has created to turn every Pirate into one of his minions. The curse was first used on All Hallows Eve, or Halloween as we know it today. #WyrdWednesday #pirates #Halloween #ghosts #legends #folklore #seafaring
🧚Derpy little Skyrods (aka Air Rods ,Solar Entities) 🧚♂️
#gbjewelz #ralphbutt #skyrod #airrod #solarentities #mythology #cute #cryptid #derpy #art #cryptidart #CreaturesOfClay #folklore #doodle #Illustration #artist #sketchbook #pencilsketch #ArtistOnTwitter
An #original #watercolor #selkie that I #drew traditionally!
Will be up in the #shop for #digital #print here
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#art #illustration #ocean #sea #folklore #irishfolklore #gaeliclore #seal #seaweed #smithistic #alleycatinks #jessicaalleysmith
w/ @smithistic
The Vale of Wales, Ch 11, Pg 33; In Welsh folklore, The Angelystor emerges from his tree, the
Llangernyw Yew, to foretell the deaths of his local church's parishioners every Oct 31st. In VOW, he's like Maidoc in that though he's not a Fae, he is welcomed & respected among them.
🥮🌙🦊 "Have you ever heard about the folklore of the moon child? The little girl who cheered for the children every festival season, bringing smile and joy on the full moon's eve.
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Artist(s): @machi_mile00
Mists are often a portal to otherworlds. In Gaelic regions of the Celtic world, mists not only act as a portal to Tir na nOg (and places in folklore like Hy-Brasil), but also protect places like Ireland and the Isle of Man from attack. #FairyTaleTuesday
🖼: S. Reid
In #JapaneseFolklore, Jizo is
a guide & protector of the souls of children, especially those who have died. Parents whose children die before them often pray to the god Jizo & ask him to protect their lost children as it is believed that their souls can't...
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